Hapoel Yeruham () is an Israeli football club based in Yeruham. The club is currently in Liga Bet South B division.
The club was founded in 1958 as Hapoel Kfar Yeruham and became Hapoel Yeruham in 1962, after the town's name was changed to Yeruham. The club have reached Liga Bet, which was the third tier of Israeli football at the time, for the first time in the 1971âÂÂ72 season. Hapoel Yeruham remained four seasons in Liga Bet until relegation in the 1974âÂÂ75 season. Hapoel Yeruham returned to the third tier (now Liga Alef), after they won Liga Bet South B division in the 1980âÂÂ81 season and played six seasons in Liga Alef South division, until they finished bottom in the 1986âÂÂ87 season and relegated to Liga Bet. By the 1989âÂÂ90 season, Hapoel Yeruham were dropped to Liga Gimel, the fifth and lowest tier of Israeli football. Nevertheless, the club made history after they became the first and only Liga Gimel club to reach the Quarter-finals of the Israel State Cup, after a sensational six goal hammering of Hapoel Lod in the 1/8 finals of the 1989âÂÂ90 Israel State Cup. In the Quarter-finals, Hapoel Yeruham were narrowly beaten 0âÂÂ1 in both home and away legs by top flight club, Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
By the mid-1990s the club had returned to Liga Alef. In the 1994âÂÂ95 season, they finished sixth in Liga Alef South and hosted the Israeli champions of that season, Maccabi Tel Aviv in the 1/16 finals of the Israel State Cup, in front of 2,500 spectators at the Yeruham Municipal Stadium. Hapoel Yeruham were beaten by a result of 0âÂÂ3. Hapoel Yeruham remained in Liga Alef until the 1998âÂÂ99 season, where they finished second bottom and relegated to Liga Bet. The club did not return to Liga Alef ever since and folded after the 2004âÂÂ05 season as a result of major financial problems.
In 2010, football returned to Yeruham, as F.C. Maccabi Yeruham was founded. the club played two seasons in Liga Gimel Central-South division, until the 2011âÂÂ12 season. In the following season, F.C. Hapoel Yeruham replaced F.C. Maccabi Yeruham in Liga Gimel Central-South division and returned to Israeli football after seven years.
In the 2013âÂÂ14 season, the club have won the Israel State Cup for Liga Gimel South division, following a victory of 1âÂÂ0 against Maccabi Ashkelon. The club repeated the feat in the following season, following a victory of 4âÂÂ3 against Maccabi Segev Shalom.
In the 2016âÂÂ17 season, the club have won again the Israel State Cup for Liga Gimel South division, following a victory of 4âÂÂ0 against F.C. Arad. at the end of the season, the club Promoted to liga bet (From the first place). On 5 December 2023 the club stop his activity